Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-08-07


sources there must he IN an "bStemlouS
me Io' ,Ll'S" OF strong constitution VINO
sH"' ten iher llyeS by what most men call
SIMPLY iull and generous living.
Atsihe age OF 50 COrnarO wrote his
treatise on The Advantage of Temper
ate Life adding later three other dis
courses On the same subject. His fourth
and last discourse, which appeared in a
letter addressed to Barbara, patriarch Of
| A4mIia, was written 1T the age OF 30. In
INNS he says, he finds himself still IN pos
session oil health aud vigor, and III perfect
command OF all his faculties. According
to some accounts Coruaro lived I" the age
/ ol lul. But comparing C0rnaro's remarks
IN ms discourses with the best Information
we have mp 10 the tim. Of has death, which
appears Ia have occurred IN 1866, 1t would
seem that he WAS either III his ninety
ninth or one hundredth year when he
oIrl.
How much COrnaro'S ahstemious and
aScetlc ways must have had to do with his
remarkable vitality may he inferred from
the fact that having. when ~ years old
met with terrible accident, 10y which his
head aud body were battered and leg and
an arm dislOcated he recovered though
the physicians had pronounced his injuries
iatal--amost without medical treatment,
and without any irveriSh symptom.
In passing may mention the case OF
Thomas Wood, known as THE ahstemlouS
miller, who, though he did not attain to
remarkable old age, yet illustrated the ad-
vantage Of such system as Cornaro's lOt
persons whose vitality has hecn reduced Dy
gross il'in@' wood had grown excessively
rnrpuIent ana was suffering from number
"I ailments including Violent rheumatism
an" frequent attacks "i govt when ne reau
I"rnaroS tIeatiSe "A sure Way Of
Proionglng Llie. GRADUALLY ADOPT,
Pg the system there recommended
ne soon found his health cs-
tabIShed, ms spirits hNely, ms
sleep no longer disturbed by lrghtlul
dreams, ana h' strength OF muscles 80 lar
improved that he could carry weight ol
quarter OF ton at the age oil "o, whereas
at ~ he had not been able even to move so
much. lie lost about 100 pounds OF ms
wtlGht, Duj the exact amount not
known, aS he was SuperStItiouSly unwiil-
l Ills ~ wv w -N''N''' 49, '.''''''N'
not content To 1910" Corndro experience,
hut tried absurd extremes OF abstinence,
absolutely gong without liquid food alto
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amount.
have before me the records of no less
than - rrntenarians, the details in regard
10 whom have been collected by a commit
trrol the British Medical Association. OF
the - mo fewer than Rs npore than two
ihirdsI are women. This may probably
be- attributed in large part to
! the comparative immunity that wo-
men enjoy from many risks to
which men are ryposed but prob
| ably il il due moi les, Ia their yreatrr
t,r,rrr,nr. and IN th.ir fr..Jnm fran tbe
.r,i.tirs and L.,r.hrrnin,,s which attend
ur,rs struu,dr- rcT innuanr. and even for
maintenance Medical men contend how
over thai women also rossrss greater in
hrrcnt vitality than men the mortality of
iris heinz less than that OF boys, even
during the first year Of life when the ir-
male Is neither more temperate nor less
ambitions than the males and Is exposed
to rs many dangers.
OF the III men only one was sinUle. 10 of
! fine Ri women Srr, sInrlc. IL men and ri
women. then. amonu the centeuariaus.
! ,yrr,. married. hut. naturally enough. oi
| these At, a large number. all, in fact, but
| live, were widowed. Three of the - were
rich, ~ poor, the rest in comfortable cir,
| rumslunccs, nine were tat lonly one mani,
- lean. l. medium; only eight were full.
hloodrd, the rest average or pale. Forty
| had good digestion, which, after 100 wears,
means u good deal. Most Of the - have
! hat good apetIteS, only two having ap-
| petltrs claSscd - actually bad; most OF
/ them have hccn through life moderate eat
| crs: -, however, have eaten large quaint
! ties OF food Only one is returned IA a
large eater Of flesh food, and only one ~ 4
great consumer al alcoholic liquors in his
ease the liquor preferred has been beer.
| Only eight 0l all the number are classified
Is simply irritable, but to these must
lee added live clnS-rd ~ irritable and en-
| rrRe'l''
rs 10 SMOKING - are hOIl-SIhoheiHr -
Smokc much tour ot them hrlHE women,
three moderately, and two a little; only
one Chews; - avoid snuff. Most OF The
remaining returns, relating only to the
actual condition OF the y CcntenarianS, at
present are Of no special interest, showing
only that the same Weaknesses prevail, IN
almost the same degree among them, as
we might expect 10 find among ~ many
men and women OF the average
sort between ~ and ~ years old:
It only our - centenarlauS could
have been examined - years ago III
these respects the world might have oh
tanned some useful hints. 1t is worthy o.
notice, however that most Of them were
free from rheumatic and equity troubles
The only man whose joints We're stin OF
deiormed from such causes stated in reply
to questions as to ms capacity and TASTE
tor strong drink: Il always drank n
much Is | could, ana always VIII no
- case, 1t will he observed, OF 'Willul t.
water 50 WlliuI must wet, but OF With
would not TO water and 80 wet hl5 whistle
to MS own discomfort
When we take a number of cases such a
these, in all GLASSES of life, under man,
varied circumstances. and not characterized